He was on top of the pop-rock world in the late 1990s as his band, Matchbox Twenty, broke out with the album “Yourself or Someone Like You,” and “Smooth,” his single with Carlos Santana, hit No. 1 in the nation. The world has changed since 1999, but one constant has been that Thomas is playing the hits. He'll perform an all-acoustic show featuring Matchbox's top tracks “3 a.m.” and “Bent,” along with his solo hits “Lonely No More” and “Little Wonders.”

More than 30 years down the line and Huey Lewis & the News would agree that there's nothing quite like “The Power of Love.” The Bay Area pop, rock and blues act enjoyed phenomenal success in the 1980s and 1990s with hits that permeated pop culture, including “Do You Believe in Love,” “Heart and Soul,” “I Want a New Drug,” “The Heart of Rock & Roll,” “If This Is It,” “Stuck With You” and “Hip to Be Square.” Lewis was always one of the genuine good guys during MTV's golden era, so kick back and enjoy a ride “Back to the Future.”

These Grammy winners hold out the promise for musical fireworks across a wide range of blues, rock and Latin rock genres and styles. Cray is a consummate blues artist known for his precise, clean and economical guitar lines. His latest album is “In My Soul.” East Los Angeles Chicano rockers Los Lobos, fronted by David Hidalgo and Cesar Rojas, have been looking and sounding a lot like Los Super Seven the last couple of times in town and will draw on material from “How Will the Wolf Survive?” to “Kiko” and “Good Morning Aztlan” to Doug Sahm.

Thomas Michael Riley is the kind of aw-shucks country singer with a mix of stories and humorous and serious songs that draw fans and fellow artists alike. Songs such as “Cow Pasture Pool” and “Redneck Riviera” have been covered by the likes of Gary P. Nunn. So it's no surprise that when the Hill Country fixture started his music festival at iconic Luckenbach, he had no problem booking his friends and piling fans on the bandwagon. His seventh annual edition will feature more than a dozen roots-based country artists, including Hal Ketchum, Max Stalling, Chris Wall, Tommy Alverson, the Tejas Brothers, Jamie Richards and Davin James.